Conversations

The warm, funny and slightly terrifying Angela Lansbury opens up about her seven-decade long career on stage and screen (R)

After she was trolled online, Ginger Gorman turned to face her attackers, and developed a completely new understanding of why people abuse others online

A donation of land and $10 was all Australian-born Gemma needed to establish The School of St Jude in Tanzania

As Jean negotiated the maze of caring for her ageing parents, she began collecting the information she found useful, as well as asking herself and others deeper questions about aged care

The fairies of Ireland's folk culture were capricious twilight creatures who could bestow favour or grave misfortune (R)

Doctor Karen Hitchcock peers into the culture of modern medicine, from the flu season to female viagra, to dementia and the humble sick day

Jamie Susskind on how digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics and virtual reality are transforming our political systems

Extraordinary survivor Sohaila Abdulali was seventeen when she was gang raped and forced to fight for her life (R)

Mark is an experienced consultant psychiatrist who also suffers from Australia's most common mental health condition, anxiety. His direct insight helps him understand how people with anxiety can thrive at work and in lifeMark is a consultant psychiatrist with thirty years' experience, a senior university lecturer, and specialist in the mental health of young people.He came to public attention in Australia through the landmark ABC TV series, Changing Minds.The series went inside Campbelltown Hospital’s mental health facility where Mark was senior psychiatrist at the time, and in charge of the youth ward. Away from work, Mark's suffered from anxiety his whole life, as did his mother and grandmother.Anxiety is extremely common in Australia, with up to one in four people suffering at some time in their lives.Even so, Mark says for medical professionals, disclosing a mental health condition remains especially difficult.But it does give him direct insight into navigating life and work with this pernicious condition.Further informationAnxiety is published by ABC BooksListen to Mark's 2016 interview with Richard FidlerExplore a collection of our conversations with mental health professionalsMental health servicesFind the mental health service you needSANE AustraliaIf you need to talk, you can phone Lifeline 24/ 7 Phone 13 11 14Bushfire Recovery Phone 13 43 57To binge even more great episodes of the ‘Conversations podcast’ with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, singers, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

Andrew Darby flew around the world on the trail of a small, unassuming migratory shorebird called the Grey Plover. In the middle of his journey, without warning, he began to fear for his own survival